Matrix Algebra, Math 308 Section I
Winter 2012

• Office : Padelford C-434
• E-mail : browder [at] math [dot] washington [dot] edu
• Office Hours : Wednesday 2-3, Friday 11:30-12:30, or by appointment.

Course Information

• Text : Arnold, Riess, and Johnson, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition.
• Lecture : MWF 10:30-11:20, LOW 102
• Syllabus

Homework 1 (Due in Class Mon, Jan 9):

• Problems: Section 1.1 #1-6, 12, 14, 24, 28

Homework 2 (Due in Class Weds, Jan 18):

• Section 1.2 #2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 22, 24, 28
• Section 1.3 #2, 20, 23

Homework 3 (Due in Class Mon, Jan 30):

• Section 1.5 #2, 4, 10, 14, 16, 32, 54
• Section 1.6 #2, 4, 10, 16, 18, 26, 27, 30

Practice Problems for Midterm 1:

• All the old homework, and similar problems (odd problems have answers in the back).
• Section 1.7 #1, 3, 9, 17, 19, 23, 29, 30, 35, and similar problems
• Section 1.8 #1, 3
• Section 1.9 #1, 9, 13, 15, 23 and similar problems.

Homework 4 (Due in Class Mon, Feb 13):

• Section 1.9 #10, 12, 14, 18
• Section 3.2 #2, 4, 8, 18, 20, 28

Practice Problems for Midterm 2:

• All the old homework, and similar problems (odd problems have answers in the back).
• Section 3.2 #21, 29
• Section 3.3 #1, 3, 5, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33, 39, 43
• Section 3.4 #1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 21, 25, 33, 36
• Section 3.5 #1-5, 15, 27

Homework 5 (Due in Class Mon, Feb 27):

• Section 3.3 #26, 28
• Section 3.4 #12, 22, 26
• Section 3.5 #2, 4, 16, 22, 28

Homework 6 (Due in Class Mon, Mar 5):

• Section 3.6 #2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20

Practice Problems for The Final:

• All the old homework, and similar problems (odd problems have answers in the back).
• Section 3.7 #9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 25, 29
• Section 3.8 #1, 3, 7, 9
• Section 4.2 #1, 3, 13, 15, 25
• Section 4.4 #1, 3, 5, 7
• Section 4.5 #1, 7, 13, 15 (ignore the part of the question about defective matrices.)